Overview
Random murder and savage overkill, mind control and head trips, witchcraft and Satanism, cursed glamour, Haight-Ashbury, rock'n'roll, biker gangs, sexual rebellion and dune buggies roaring across Death Valley in search of the hole in the Earth... Half a century down the line, Charles Manson and his bizarre sway over the Family remains riveting. The Garbage People is a classic account of one of the most chilling and fascinating crime sagas of our time. This new edition features the striking cover of the expanded and updated Amok Books 1996 edition along with 36 pages of rare photographs.
Full Product Details
Author: John Gilmore ,
Ron Kenner
Publisher: Amok Books,U.S.
Imprint: Amok Books,U.S.
Edition: 4th ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.386kg
ISBN: 9781878923301
ISBN 10: 1878923307
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 20 February 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""Fascinating"" --Library Journal ""A detailed examination of the Tate/La Bianca killings, draws from personal acquaintance with the Manson Clan."" -- Index Magazine ""John Gilmore is one of the best nonfiction writers of our time, the type of writer that grabs the reader alternately by the throat and by the heart . . . "" -- Maximum Rock'n'Roll ""Gilmore's style is somewhere between Jack Kerouac and Charles Bukowski"" --Sight and Sound ""Vividly recounts in the Manson Family's own words the harrowing story of the Manson murders and Manson's bizarre life."" --LA Times Book Review
A psychogeographical history of Manson and his family... Charlie considered Gilmore a suitable medium for his messianic message. -- Dazed and Confused Vividly recounts in the Manson Family's own words the harrowing story of the Manson murders and Manson's bizarre life. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review Fascinating -- Library Journal
A psychogeographical history of Manson and his family... Charlie considered Gilmore a suitable medium for his messianic message. -- Dazed and Confused Fascinating -- Library Journal Vividly recounts in the Manson Family's own words the harrowing story of the Manson murders and Manson's bizarre life. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
Author Information
Described by the Sydney Morning Herald as ""the quintessential L.A. noir writer,"" John Gilmore was internationally acclaimed for his hard-boiled true crime books, Hollywood memoirs and biting, literary fiction. He was the author of Severed, Laid Bare, Cold-Blooded, Live Fast, Die Young, Fetish Blonde, Inside Marilyn Monroe, L.A. Despair and other works.
